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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (c) 2001-2002,2004 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
      3  * All Rights Reserved.
      4  *
      5  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
      6  * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
      7  * the Free Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the License, or
      8  * (at your option) any later version.
      9  *
     10  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     11  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     12  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
     13  * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
     14  *
     15  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
     16  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
     17  */
     18 #ifndef __ATTRIBUTES_H__
     19 #define	__ATTRIBUTES_H__
     20 
     21 #ifdef __cplusplus
     22 extern "C" {
     23 #endif
     24 
     25 /*
     26  *	An almost-IRIX-compatible extended attributes API
     27  *	(the IRIX attribute "list" operation is missing, added ATTR_SECURE).
     28  */
     29 
     30 /*
     31  * The maximum size (into the kernel or returned from the kernel) of an
     32  * attribute value or the buffer used for an attr_list() call.  Larger
     33  * sizes will result in an E2BIG return code.
     34  */
     35 #define ATTR_MAX_VALUELEN	(64*1024)	/* max length of a value */
     36 
     37 
     38 /*
     39  * Flags that can be used with any of the simple attribute calls.
     40  * All desired flags should be bit-wise OR'ed together.
     41  */
     42 #define ATTR_DONTFOLLOW	0x0001	/* do not follow symlinks for a pathname */
     43 #define ATTR_ROOT	0x0002	/* use root namespace attributes in op */
     44 #define ATTR_TRUST	0x0004	/* tell server we can be trusted to properly
     45 				   handle extended attributes */
     46 #define ATTR_SECURE	0x0008	/* use security namespace attributes in op */
     47 
     48 /*
     49  * Additional flags that can be used with the set() attribute call.
     50  * All desired flags (from both lists) should be bit-wise OR'ed together.
     51  */
     52 #define ATTR_CREATE	0x0010	/* pure create: fail if attr already exists */
     53 #define ATTR_REPLACE	0x0020	/* pure set: fail if attr does not exist */
     54 
     55 /*
     56  * Define how lists of attribute names are returned to the user from
     57  * the attr_list() call.  A large, 32bit aligned, buffer is passed in
     58  * along with its size.  We put an array of offsets at the top that each
     59  * reference an attrlist_ent_t and pack the attrlist_ent_t's at the bottom.
     60  */
     61 typedef struct attrlist {
     62 	int32_t		al_count;	/* number of entries in attrlist */
     63 	int32_t		al_more;	/* T/F: more attrs (do call again) */
     64 	int32_t		al_offset[1];	/* byte offsets of attrs [var-sized] */
     65 } attrlist_t;
     66 
     67 /*
     68  * Show the interesting info about one attribute.  This is what the
     69  * al_offset[i] entry points to.
     70  */
     71 typedef struct attrlist_ent {	/* data from attr_list() */
     72 	u_int32_t	a_valuelen;	/* number bytes in value of attr */
     73 	char		a_name[1];	/* attr name (NULL terminated) */
     74 } attrlist_ent_t;
     75 
     76 /*
     77  * Given a pointer to the (char*) buffer containing the attr_list() result,
     78  * and an index, return a pointer to the indicated attribute in the buffer.
     79  */
     80 #define	ATTR_ENTRY(buffer, index)		\
     81 	((attrlist_ent_t *)			\
     82 	 &((char *)buffer)[ ((attrlist_t *)(buffer))->al_offset[index] ])
     83 
     84 /*
     85  * Implement a "cursor" for use in successive attr_list() calls.
     86  * It provides a way to find the last attribute that was returned in the
     87  * last attr_list() call so that we can get the next one without missing
     88  * any.  This should be bzero()ed before use and whenever it is desired to
     89  * start over from the beginning of the attribute list.  The only valid
     90  * operation on a cursor is to bzero() it.
     91  */
     92 typedef struct attrlist_cursor {
     93 	u_int32_t	opaque[4];	/* an opaque cookie */
     94 } attrlist_cursor_t;
     95 
     96 /*
     97  * Multi-attribute operation vector.
     98  */
     99 typedef struct attr_multiop {
    100 	int32_t	am_opcode;	/* operation to perform (ATTR_OP_GET, etc.) */
    101 	int32_t	am_error;	/* [out arg] result of this sub-op (an errno) */
    102 	char	*am_attrname;	/* attribute name to work with */
    103 	char	*am_attrvalue;	/* [in/out arg] attribute value (raw bytes) */
    104 	int32_t	am_length;	/* [in/out arg] length of value */
    105 	int32_t	am_flags;	/* flags (bit-wise OR of #defines above) */
    106 } attr_multiop_t;
    107 #define	ATTR_MAX_MULTIOPS	128	/* max number ops in an oplist array */
    108 
    109 /*
    110  * Valid values of am_opcode.
    111  */
    112 #define ATTR_OP_GET	1	/* return the indicated attr's value */
    113 #define ATTR_OP_SET	2	/* set/create the indicated attr/value pair */
    114 #define ATTR_OP_REMOVE	3	/* remove the indicated attr */
    115 
    116 /*
    117  * Get the value of an attribute.
    118  * Valuelength must be set to the maximum size of the value buffer, it will
    119  * be set to the actual number of bytes used in the value buffer upon return.
    120  * The return value is -1 on error (w/errno set appropriately), 0 on success.
    121  */
    122 extern int attr_get (const char *__path, const char *__attrname,
    123 			char *__attrvalue, int *__valuelength, int __flags);
    124 extern int attr_getf (int __fd, const char *__attrname, char *__attrvalue,
    125 			int *__valuelength, int __flags);
    126 
    127 /*
    128  * Set the value of an attribute, creating the attribute if necessary.
    129  * The return value is -1 on error (w/errno set appropriately), 0 on success.
    130  */
    131 extern int attr_set (const char *__path, const char *__attrname,
    132 			const char *__attrvalue, const int __valuelength,
    133 			int __flags);
    134 extern int attr_setf (int __fd, const char *__attrname,
    135 			const char *__attrvalue, const int __valuelength,
    136 			int __flags);
    137 
    138 /*
    139  * Remove an attribute.
    140  * The return value is -1 on error (w/errno set appropriately), 0 on success.
    141  */
    142 extern int attr_remove (const char *__path, const char *__attrname,
    143 			int __flags);
    144 extern int attr_removef (int __fd, const char *__attrname, int __flags);
    145 
    146 /*
    147  * List the names and sizes of the values of all the attributes of an object.
    148  * "Cursor" must be allocated and zeroed before the first call, it is used
    149  * to maintain context between system calls if all the attribute names won't
    150  * fit into the buffer on the first system call.
    151  * The return value is -1 on error (w/errno set appropriately), 0 on success.
    152  */
    153 int attr_list(const char *__path, char *__buffer, const int __buffersize,
    154 		int __flags, attrlist_cursor_t *__cursor);
    155 int attr_listf(int __fd, char *__buffer, const int __buffersize,
    156 		int __flags, attrlist_cursor_t *__cursor);
    157 
    158 /*
    159  * Operate on multiple attributes of the same object simultaneously.
    160  *
    161  * This call will save on system call overhead when many attributes are
    162  * going to be operated on.
    163  *
    164  * The return value is -1 on error (w/errno set appropriately), 0 on success.
    165  * Note that this call will not return -1 as a result of failure of any
    166  * of the sub-operations, their return value is stored in each element
    167  * of the operation array.  This call will return -1 for a failure of the
    168  * call as a whole, eg: if the pathname doesn't exist, or the fd is bad.
    169  *
    170  * The semantics and allowable values for the fields in a attr_multiop_t
    171  * are the same as the semantics and allowable values for the arguments to
    172  * the corresponding "simple" attribute interface.  For example: the args
    173  * to a ATTR_OP_GET are the same as the args to an attr_get() call.
    174  */
    175 extern int attr_multi (const char *__path, attr_multiop_t *__oplist,
    176 			int __count, int __flags);
    177 extern int attr_multif (int __fd, attr_multiop_t *__oplist,
    178 			int __count, int __flags);
    179 
    180 #ifdef __cplusplus
    181 }
    182 #endif
    183 
    184 #endif	/* __ATTRIBUTES_H__ */
    185